Tooru and you had known eachother since he joined the CCG First as mentor, then as friend and even equal, your relationship had always been more than professional But now, it's the absolute opposite, as you stand across from him, quinque in hand

You had made your choice, you'd always known about Kaneki, about Anteiku, about the ghouls that didn't deserve to be chased down like animals and treated as monsters, so even if you were part of the CCG you chose to remain silent and avoid leaving any clues that could get them or you in trouble

So now, as you stand between the ghouls you consider friends and Tooru, you find yourself doubting

You saw it happen, you saw him change completely after Torso captured him, and even after you rescued him and brought him back to safety, his mind had already been altered badly

You knew he has a female body, you always knew and never cared, it didn't matter, what you saw was your friend, nothing more, nothing else

Now you are not sure what you see anymore

What are you doing protecting them?

Tooru's voice comes out soft at first, the only other sound was the ragged breathing of the Oggai, ghouls that would follow his orders blindly, driven only by hunger and rage

You grip your quinque tighter, unsure on what to say, and his voice cuts through the air like a knife

I thought we were friends!

You flinch slightly, you can't let yourself be fazed like this, you must stand strong, you made your choice. You must stop him before all your friends die

Is this how you want it to be!? You want to die so badly!?

You signal the ghouls behind you to flee somewhere safe, knowing that your strength would be enough to stop the attack, you're still The second reaper in the CCG, not known by many, but as skilled as the deceased Arima Maybe that's what keeping him from attacking, maybe you are the only one who considers the other a friend after all... But you can't think about that, not when so much depends on what happens next.